Washington: “Sandwich Guy” becomes a symbol of protests against Trump

Sean Dunn would not have expected to become a symbol of resistance to state power. Finally, the U.S. Ministry of Justice employee himself was in the service of the state. But when President Trump sent the National Guard and border guard to his hometown Washington, Dunn joined the protests – and reached the sandwich.

The government employee threw such a bread on the chest to a border protection officer and insulted him as a “fascist”. “Why are you here? I don’t want you in my city,” he called. After that, Dunn tried to flee, but was arrested in his house a few days later. Now the sandwich thrower is going on his job, but is celebrated as a “sandwich guy” like a hero on the Internet.

“Anyone who attacks a law enforcement officer will be persecuted. I have just learned that this defendant worked in the Ministry of Justice – no longer. He is not only fired, but was also charged with crime,” said Justice Minister Pam bondi on X with. In the same breath, she gave Dunn an example of the “Deep State” who hiked her ministry.

The 37-year-old was employed in the criminal law department in the department for international matters. Now he could face a few years in prison because of an assault on state officials. Dunn has already admitted to having thrown the Salami sandwich on the officials.

A video of the campaign first appeared on an Instagram account and then quickly spread on social networks. It shows how Dunn screams the motionless civil servant in the face and then the still packaged sandwich pops in front of his chest. Then he runs away in his white shorts and a pink shirt, persecuted by some officers in black.

Within a few days, Dunn is becoming the icon of the protest movement in Washington DC. US President Trump Had hundreds of federal officials and soldiers of the national guard had ordered to the capital, supposedly to fight the crime and neglect of public space. He also put the local police under government control. Numerous Trump opponents demonstrate against these measures. Vice President JD Vance was booed when he visited soldiers from the National Guard in Washington.

The Sandwich launcher from the Ministry of Justice now embodies this trouble about the government-perhaps precisely because its form of protest appears so impetuous and unconventional. “If you look at this government, the cruelty, corruption, disregard for fundamental democratic values ​​and social norms, you often have the feeling that we could not do anything,” said the artist Adam gold color of the “Washington Post”. “I totally understand the feeling: ‘We have to do something’ – and he just had a sandwich in his hand.”

Internet users and artists create memes and pictures inspired by Dunn. You can be seen on social media, on T-shirts, as graffiti and posters in the city. In the demonstrations, signs with inscriptions can be seen such as “A small sandwich for a person, a large gesture for democracy.”

The best known template is likely to be the hooded be. Instead of a bouquet of flowers, he is now hurling a sandwich. In other pictures, two sandwiches replace the two longitudinal strips on the Washington DC flag, a struggle for supremacy on the streets of the city: the media and users report on social media that some of the graffiti and poster have already been removed.

Sean Dunn himself has not yet publicly commented on the incident, according to the “Washington Post”, his lawyer also refused to comment. At the beginning of September, the Sandwich launcher awaits the next hearing in court.